[MEncoder-users] mencoder exhausts system memory while encoding MPEG2

[Ryan T. Sammartino]

Nico Sabbi <nicola_sabbi <at> fastwebnet.it> writes:

> 
> Ryan T. Sammartino wrote:
> 
> >I am using
> >
> >MEncoder dev-SVN-r23715-4.1.2 
> >
> >configured with
> >
> >./configure --prefix=/usr --confdir=/etc/mplayer --enable-largefiles
> >
> >
> >I am trying to use mencoder to "burn in" some subtitles:
> >
> >mencoder video.vob -of mpeg -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts
> >acodec=ac3:abitrate=256:vcodec=mpeg2video:vbitrate=7000:keyint=150 -ofps 24
> >-srate 48000 -sub subtitles.srt -subfont-autoscale 1 -subfont-osd-scale 4 -o
> >"video-with-subtitles.vob"
> >
> >
> >Unfortunately, about 15% of the way through, mencoder starts using more 
> >and more memory
...
> -mpegopts format=dvd


That fixed it... for a while.

Unfortunately, now with 

MEncoder dev-SVN-r23839-4.1.2 

using the same configuration and command-line (but including -mpegopts
format=dvd), I am observing the same behaviour on various other input files 
(all MKV format with x264 video and ac3 audio).

Any other options that might mitigate memory usage?